Cym III.ii.55 | [Innogen to Pisanio, of seeing Posthumus] Who long'st, like me, to see thy lord; who long'st / (O let me bate) but not like me [i.e. let me say it less strongly] |
H5 III.ii.25 | [Pistol to Fluellen] Good bawcock, bate thy rage! |
LLL I.i.6 | [King to all, of Time] Th'endeavour of this present breath may buy / That honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge [i.e. blunt] |
MA II.iii.176 | [Claudio to Don Pedro, of Beatrice] she will die ... rather than she will bate one breath of her accustomed crossness |
MV IV.i.72 | [Antonio to Bassanio, of arguing with Shylock] You may as well ... bid the main flood bate his usual height |
Tim III.iii.27 | [Sempronius to Servant] Who bates mine honour shall not know my coin |